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NXP Semiconductors today launched the SmartMX2 – an all-new family of secure microcontrollers built on the groundbreaking IntegralSecurity™ architecture. The SmartMX2 is designed to provide unprecedented levels of security for multi-applications without compromising on convenience, performance or design productivity. With its flexibility and scalability, the SmartMX2 covers a wide range of applications such as eGovernment, banking, PayTV, mob...

NXP Semiconductors will showcase smart meters with integrated NFC technology. NFC is a revolutionary wireless technology that enables devices such as smartphones to connect and interact securely with other NFC-enabled devices, such as smart meters. Using NFC, authorized utilities and end-consumers will be able to conveniently access and read smart meter data in real time using a smartphone.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced that Turkcell the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, has selected the PN544 near field communication (NFC) radio chip for Turkcell’s recently launched T20 smartphone. The T20 handset, manufactured by Huawei, is one of the world’s first commercially available low-cost Android NFC-enabled smartphones. This NFC-enabled mobile phone will allow consumers to perform a variety of secure con...

Masabi, the developer of mobile ticket purchase software for mass-market phones, has successfully collaborated with Access IS to produce optimised mobile barcode scanners for use in high volume, mass-transit situations. The new scanners have overcome the issues of speed and reliability previously associated with mobile barcode scanning and now deliver a similar level of experience to that offered by Oyster and Near Field Communications (NFC) syst...

The World’s largest electronics trade fair – electronica (Munich 14 – 17 November) – will give wireless technology the platform that such an important market sector deserves. A “Wireless Communications User-Forum”, the Wireless Congress 2006 conference program and the presence throughout the Fair of almost every key player in wireless technology will make attendance at electronica 2006 a must for everyone involved in wireless communic...

NFC vendors STMicroelectronics and NXP today announced, in conjunction with Trusted Logic and Stollmann, that the companies are to promote a common hardware-independent API (Application Programming Interface) for NFC (Near Field Communication) applications on mobile phones and other devices running Android™.

Toshiba announced it will launch a single chip IC that is compliant with the TransferJet standard for close proximity wireless transfer technology. Samples will start shipping at the end of January 2012 and mass production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter (April-June) of 2012.

Wireless connectivity ICs totaled more than $8 billion in 2011 and will produce revenues close to $40 billion for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, and combo ICs through 2016. Broadcom continues to dominate, owning 30% of the worldwide connectivity IC shipment volume due to its success in the rapidly growing combo IC market.

Broadcom Corporation today announced the industry's first SoC devices to deliver the potential of 5G WiFi with high-bandwidth Gigabit connectivity to the home and SMB network. Designed as companions to its full line of 5G WiFi 802.11ac solutions, the new Broadcom SoCs are the industry's first to combine a high performance processor, GbE switch, GbE physical layer transceivers, USB 3.0 and traffic accelerators all on a single chip.

Near Field Communication, the promising mobile-payment technology, has not created the revenue-generating opportunities the telecom industry expected. New marketing strategies are crucial to accelerate wide consumer adoption. Recently established partnerships between telecom operators and major financial institutions too are an effective way to deploy m-payment offerings.